expressionist
adjective art, literature, theatre & film specialized uk/ɪkˈspreʃ.ən.ɪst/ us/ɪkˈspreʃ.ən.ɪst/
表现主义的
using or relating to expressionism (= a style of art, music, or writing, beginning in the 1900s, that tries to express people's feelings and emotions)
Munch's "The Scream" is a famous expressionist painting. 蒙克的《呐喊》是表现主义名画。
Rather than being linked by a linear plot, expressionist drama is structured around a theme. 表现主义戏剧不是按情节的先后顺序展开，而是围绕着主题构建的。
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- The design hearkens back to the expressionist cinema of Fritz Lang.
- Using physical and expressionist methods of theatre, the play is an inspiring and richly dark adaptation of bloody murder.
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expressionist
noun [ C ] art, literature, theatre & film specialized uk/ɪkˈspreʃ.ən.ɪst/ us/ɪkˈspreʃ.ən.ɪst/
表现主义艺术家、作曲家或作家
someone who uses expressionism (= a style of art, music, or writing, beginning in the 1900s, that tries to express people's feelings and emotions)
As an expressionist, Van Gogh's moods were frequently portrayed in his art. 作为一位表现主义画家，梵·高经常通过画作宣泄自己的心情。
The Vampyre (1979) reflected the German silent film expressionists of the 1920s. 电影《吸血鬼》（1979）再现了1920年代摄制的德国表现主义默片原作。
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- Munch was one of the first expressionists.
- Miller is an expressionist, lavishing pigment with a broad brush.
- I try be an expressionist, to use the camera to push the emotion of the scene.